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alexbirdreads's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
fast-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Racism and Xenophobia
Minor: Violence and War
ameliatillman15's review against another edition
5.0
I want to buy this book for my classroom library. I love how it explains everything that actually took place, but still gives you hope.
hopeebruce's review against another edition
challenging
dark
emotional
hopeful
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
5.0
mizzlroy's review against another edition
5.0
I’m not normally a fan of graphic novels, but this graphic memoir is so powerful and so important. Too many people are still unaware of this horrible part of American history because in American history classes we have a tendency to gloss over our mistakes. The only way to learn from our mistakes is to teach them so they never happen again. Wonderfully written and drawn. Highly recommend.
emtk2118's review against another edition
4.75
Made me cry. Somehow an incredibly patriotic book despite depicting one of the great shames of the U.S. Very well done. Would be 5 stars but it jumped around a bit and the transitions didn't always feel smooth.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Confinement, Racial slurs, Racism, Violence, and War
Moderate: Vomit and Deportation
Minor: Islamophobia and Death of parent
_whatjennreads's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
sad
medium-paced
5.0
dullshimmer's review against another edition
5.0
Did you know that during World War II America had camps that interred people of one nationality? For the longest time I didn't. It wasn't something taught in school and wasn't until after college that I had run into that fact online. Sure this doesn't seem to be nearly as horrific as what Germany did in their concentration camps, it was still a sobering and sickening reality to learn about. That fear can cause people to do terrible things and feel justified in doing it.
They Call Us Enemy is a graphic novel based off the experiences of George Takei of Star Trek fame. When he was a young boy his family was forced to move into one of these camps. I found in interesting how the story contrasts the perspective of George as a boy with the pressure and reality that his parents were trying to face.
It's a pretty powerful little graphic novel. I was planning on trying to go through it somewhat slowly, but I couldn't put it down. Even worse is how our own fears of today can lead us to doing similar things to this and justifying them with very little effort.
I definitely recommend giving this book a look. It highlights a reality that is often overlooked in our history and lost in the background of any discussion of World War II that often focuses on the battles and the atrocities of the Germans.
They Call Us Enemy is a graphic novel based off the experiences of George Takei of Star Trek fame. When he was a young boy his family was forced to move into one of these camps. I found in interesting how the story contrasts the perspective of George as a boy with the pressure and reality that his parents were trying to face.
It's a pretty powerful little graphic novel. I was planning on trying to go through it somewhat slowly, but I couldn't put it down. Even worse is how our own fears of today can lead us to doing similar things to this and justifying them with very little effort.
I definitely recommend giving this book a look. It highlights a reality that is often overlooked in our history and lost in the background of any discussion of World War II that often focuses on the battles and the atrocities of the Germans.